Left MPs protest demanding hike on import duty of rubber

New Delhi, Feb 26 (ANI): Kerala Left MPs on Friday staged a protest outside the Parliament in front of Gandhi statue demanding to raise the import duty on rubber. The protestors raised slogans to curb the import of rubber and provide adequate price to the farmers cultivating rubber.

Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi surrenders his Indian passport. But it is said that this won't impact the legal proceedings in India.

In a bid to provide more employment opportunities to people, Delhi Government organised a two-day mega job fair at Thyagaraj Stadium in Delhi. Delhi government is hoping to provide more than 12,000 jobs across 76 companies in the private sector.

The traditional Halwa ceremony before printing the government's Budget was held in the North Block where the Finance Ministry is situated. It is traditionally served by the Finance minister but this year Arun Jaitley was missing.

The state government has setup a tent city in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh where the Kumbh mela is currently underway.

CJI Ranjan Gogoi recused himself from hearing the petition challenging the appointment of M Nageshwar Rao as the interim chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying he is a part of the committee to choose the agency's new chief.

An important anti-mining campaign by a bunch of villagers in Alappad, Kerala was brought to public spotlight through the video of a 17 year old class 12 student.

Dera Sacha Sauda's Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case. The godman and three of his followers were sentenced on Thursday. He & three followers were convicted of killing journalist Ram Chander in 2002.

Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has been meeting leaders from various regional parties to discuss a non-Congress, non-BJP federal front.

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the government will implement the 10% reservation for economically weaker sections in the general category across all higher education institutions and universities from July 2019.